I am-- [ frustrated, a snap back before he takes a deep breath. it reminds him of master tapal, in a way. that gruff scolding that always meant to push him a little farther along. master tapal isn't here now but the jedi master before him is right.

for some reason, he hadn't consider that the inquisitors could follow them here. trilla's dead, yes, but darth vader knows who cal kestis is and obi-wan kenobi is one of the most famous jedi of all. on top of simply being what they are, it's who they are that puts those around them in danger.

brows knit together, cal backs down. his stance grows less confident and for a moment he's back on nur before he shakes his head and shakes himself out of it; it's somehow a worse memory now than that frantic attempt to escape the clones, the droids on the last federation ship he stepped foot on. ] You're right, Master Kenobi.

[ then, he sighs. ] Ben.

They-- The Empire is still looking. I'll be careful. [ but for all that he understands the danger, for the fact he nods, cal's not sure that laying low the way he intends to is what obi-wan necessarily wants. ] We need to find out if this is even a galaxy they can follow us.

[ if they do, well, cal needs to know how to prepare and what they'll have at their disposal to be ready. ]